2007 Industry news
New collaboration helps the oil industry harness HPC
27 November 2007
Mercury Computer Systems and Nvidia are to collaborate to provide oil exploration and production developers with a comprehensive solution for simultaneous computation and visualisation of huge 3D seismic data sets.
People news
27 November 2007
New chief financial officer for Symyx Technologies; DEM Solutions appoints new sales director for the Asia Pacific region; CEO of BioTek Instruments joins the board of directors of ALSSA.
Blue Gene proves to be the greenest computer
27 November 2007
Have we found a replacement for the Top500? Previously, the world's most powerful supercomputers have been ranked by how fast they can perform operations.
Venezuelan sales centre for Thermo Fisher Scientific
26 November 2007
Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed an agreement with Caracas-based Controval to operate an authorised sales centre for Thermo Scientific informatics solutions in Venezuela and the Caribbean.
India and Sweden enter new Top500 list
26 November 2007
The new Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers was released at the SC07 show in Reno, USA, with a joint effort between IMB and the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration claiming the top spot.
Cray and ISC enter new partnership
16 November 2007
Cray and Interactive Supercomputing have entered a partnership where Cray will now offer the Star-P open-parallel computing software platform on its Cray XT4 and Cray XT5 massively parallel processor (MPP).
HPC consortium to launch in January 2008
13 November 2007
The first stage of Europe's high-performance computing consortium, PRACE, is to be launched on 1 January 2008. The consortium will provide researchers in Europe with access to world-class supercomputers.
Simulations show how blood keeps us alive
13 November 2007
It's one of the most fundamental processes that keeps us alive, but scientists have only just discovered the exact way that our blood transports oxygen from the air we breathe to the cells of our body.
Deisa awards 30 million hours of computing time in 2008
13 November 2007
Throughout 2008, 45 research groups are going to benefit from time on some of the fastest supercomputers in Europe, thanks to the supercomputing infrastructure of Deisa.
Undergraduate scoops $25k prize
30 October 2007
A 20-year-old undergraduate from Birmingham, UK has scooped a $25k prize for finding the form of the simplest 'universal computer' possible.
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New round of funding to improve HPC software
30 October 2007
UK office for AccuSoft
19 October 2007
CambridgeSoft to float on AIM
19 October 2007
News in brief
16 October 2007
Agilent to resell HPC solutions
10 October 2007
New partnership to streamline lab workflow
4 October 2007
New agreement aids vision processing in hospitals
4 October 2007
Bioinformatics company acquisition
4 October 2007
Thermo web-enabled LIMS product
3 October 2007
Second phase of UK National Grid Service
3 October 2007
New headquarters for LMS
26 September 2007
LabLogic acquires chromatography equipment supplier
17 September 2007
News in brief
3 September 2007
Free seminar highlights advantages of LIMS across industries
28 August 2007
Plans to build new US supercomputers
17 August 2007
New agreement ensures more reliable LIMS labelling
9 August 2007
Applications program provides greater compatibility
9 August 2007
Bioinformatics playing leading part in biotech industry
31 July 2007
LIMS system in vitamin manufacture
24 July 2007
HPC makeover
17 July 2007
Advisory committee for chromatography software
16 July 2007
New US distributors for Syngene
13 July 2007
New measurement system for UK education and research network
28 June 2007
New member of bioinformatics programme
25 June 2007
Strategic partnership for bioequivalence software
13 June 2007
Clinical software collaboration
13 June 2007
New conference stream for L.A.B. event
12 June 2007
£50,000 prize for modelling software
7 June 2007
MEMS design company joins start-up software hub
7 June 2007
'Tipping point' for engineering test software
7 June 2007
Advisory boards created for informatics products
6 June 2007
In Brief
6 June 2007
New distributor agreement for Labtronics
6 June 2007
LMS completes share acquisition of Imagine
16 May 2007
News in brief
15 May 2007
A-Tune Software to provide German-language customer services for IDBS
4 May 2007
Engineering software ‘most significant innovations of 2006’
27 April 2007
Gold status for LIMS supplier
27 April 2007
Report evaluates open source grid portals
19 April 2007
LIMS solution of choice for top 20 pharma companies revealed
19 April 2007
Colombian support centre for Thermo Fisher Scientific
19 April 2007
LIMS and SDMS software streamlines lab workflow
17 April 2007
LIMS system aids oil and chemical testing
17 April 2007
Conference session to study trends in chemical industry
17 April 2007
Middle Eastern user informatics conference
17 April 2007
Multi-strand approach to proteomics
4 April 2007
Integration of SDMS and ELN systems
4 April 2007
New drug development software initiative
3 April 2007
LIMS development collaboration
2 April 2007
News in brief
2 April 2007
Talks announced for European lab conference
2 April 2007
Three-year licensing deal for DNA sequencing software
2 April 2007
Tripos informatics spinout appoints management team
28 March 2007
Waters and Hitachi collaborate on chromatography software
20 March 2007
DNAStar and GATC sign new agreement
15 March 2007
Integrated library provides virtual test drive
13 March 2007
New web resource for life scientists
13 March 2007
New European trade conference for lab equipment
26 February 2007
Nasa takes advantage of parallel computing
16 February 2007
Pfizer has joined Accelrys consortium
6 February 2007
Strategic partnership for genomics companies
31 January 2007
Siena Biotech extends licence of AKS2
31 January 2007
First installation of Genologics' Geneus
31 January 2007
Organon installs additional ActivityBase module
31 January 2007
Reel Two licenses ADC/Labs nomenclature software
31 January 2007
GeneGo and Spotfire integrate flagship products
31 January 2007
VSNi appoints Maplesoft president to its board of directors
31 January 2007
Katalysis distributes LimsLink to Brazil
31 January 2007
Thermo provides free LIMS talks at Arab Lab 2007
17 January 2007
OmniViz and ChemAxon extend agreement
12 January 2007
LMS to add mechatronic simulation software to portfolio
12 January 2007
InforSense expands European and North American headquarters
10 January 2007
Lumiere to distribute Cerno’s MassWorks
3 January 2007
New business development director for ClinPhone
3 January 2007
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